The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-16

r-sss.sss. M.
WAsnxorox. Dec. Ain his ANNA, :.
mort the Secretary Of the Navy saws. N,
n With much sa~tisfaction that the den.rt.
ment A. .hle IA renort upon fhe occ.,-
renee az the past wear. MANY aim
have stood m the wav OF the creation VI !.
cr.Iifahie reu navy. During a.. ~,
ve.r m.nvo ~ the.e dimcnltiss bav. ~,
removed. ana II II n the will OF the conn.,
nv that - should be posxesrei az 4 navy
"a 81 rsirssir ~her- reonired. the Man,,
-rA S,~.itv ~ ira Government- II I'd,
No r..aiiv - rre.tedn
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-'-. .- ~. Ic.h,,.ss
1880 4. .s..,, air. ara nrn,..s..t-
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49, --s-~r saa 49, .ccrs r.,;snIs
r~cs..s.s 49, come - Iight. ana Iii d;s-
rsss-s-.x,c- - a;s.cresr.i. rspec,.llv
49, ~ 800, ,n.de unon Ia Pacific coast
49,. .os.hI. - n. cnelifv- ana the con.
str,~etcr ~ -. crujs.rs there NAV mari
- Sr,,,ortsrt avsnt IN ~ industria, his
torv-n
y. .~. ssrh~ a.cartment deems n
80 q e.,,o~ - rr..ent the conrse ~
~. E.~cn.., cowa~r n bu,ldine unpro-
sscted tnrrcdo bo.ts. II recognizes the
nowsr ~ ~ dvnamite proiectiie. and be-
i,svss n rr.ct;c.he ~ embodv II m such
.w.rr.rss ~ ir~ure that Il win reach
INV de.ired object a. attack In spite OF
knowuw 10 and upon that problem il
ssr s.S ~-..,e ,,.h,. a. corcur IN The
th.t TIA single fur
suo 80.
Ioesr s"~ $500. 49,
re..y ~. eo.s, so'e' -
am,nas,on " snsr
that outside q tns snips q y, ~
an.esoniss sou'u ~.
against which snoy co.iu ~ 49,
ment. iney were eooo sesse'' = q
TIME, put are ensire'y o'~o.e'o. ~o'1
% 'ittie less tnnn mu'uc' - s."~ 80 =
THESE vessel > ~ the ptesens '"'
counter any recentay-p uiIt iron.cis"
"lappreciate fully that t - oniyas = tem-
porary expedient that Il = suggested and
with the thought that in the absence Of
any thing else those might he better than
nothing. This has been the theory on
which Atty, and probably seventy, mil
lions have been spent since the close OF
the war. Ii il time to stop II, and be con-
tent only with the best. II every dollar
is made TO count upon something Of real
value. waste will sfor. aud not BEFORE
After describing the e~xtravagant sys-
tenn OF repairing vessels in past years, the
repairs often costing several timss a.
much a. the vessel did, the secretary
saws:
FIT Is often the subject Of wonder wnas
has become Of the seventy millions SPENT
upon war vessels since the close OK tne
war. In view Of tho TACT tnat .ners Y
no navy. The foregoing ot o. ns's
will serve - m iiiustrasion'
"The pneumatic dynamI.e gun ~ La
developed by private en.srpslss
point where u merits 'm"leu'.'s sra ~
Whatever destruction . torpedo can ~
this projectila can do II accurately placed
Against its method q attack neither
nets Or machine guns are 9! any e"n-
siderable use ~ : - ~. -. .
distance - 20 % pcyono .ns e.ee''s.
range OF nahcnino huns, q. Th.~,
hight OF is proJsctie escn 800 $3.50
are questions 90 % se.'leu s,r,
ncieucy lot nasai PusPo ---.
u 49, - r.c,l;.r probleu Il
otner, ma y !" P-~I ....n;r.,c
20 soise' uu. ~. ~.asa..rers nor,
mus Tar gwen ~ ~ barho
ises u't'mess suceI'< OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES q
osfense' y - w ~-s.h1,-h.i ~
sccuracy - s"s. n.hsr .,smsrts ~ M,
Lor nasa' .po rrs r,o~smsnt ~ IL,
ncuity m' sIs nas.;h,,;sv ~ .veilinI
~u..r ss..,orsiv determined 81 81
: orA uo,.~er' tia problemx to b
! Ir,-"s =. -as.;v;rv re- most zsalou
~ 80 a. 4 hs,;evad Nv those interes
I M ~ .;rs ~ vii ~ worn "a out.
I n.h,.. rs.,;nv seems 10 exist for III.
-. - ~. r.1cI reserve. We hav|
ssIsa."aa onr.eIv.s an che system 70
! mIolmes 80 800 reserve ~ foreic
...sas "a 49, prepared 70 formulat
y "nna.., aisn ~ 4 simi,ar orranizatio
1870 49, ~.c,;rments IL our instit,
! 1919 !. -ho.,i resemble in organize
LOU ~ r,;,;t;. ~ national Guard
2 !. 49,. -. sonrdasion oflccal interest
! 80. w., -..,,orr 40 ana rapil
q con',mp. ...r.r. enrolled on a
? mooaiixs''on ~. "rd - ..lculatsi Z
y auxiliary ny, -~..,.- ,-o,. compar,
produce 80 xss,s..i a-x,,anditure. a.
tve,y s." 80 e.rnest consider
lot tn's ques
tion - i. r,xv ana mari !
me ese,nia' !" s.c.l year amount
z co'n ~ 80 ~ .nd ths ,rnropriations